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Saturday, August 11, 2012

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A smaller U.S. corn crop caused by drought in the Midwest doesn't justify calls for the Obama Administration to suspend the country's ethanol program, the Renewable Fuels Association said. Refiners can meet biofuel targets by drawing from ample ...

Lansing— At least 74000 jobs would be created if voters approve a proposed ballot measure that requires 25 percent of energy to come from renewable sources by 2025, according to a Michigan State University study released Friday. Results of the study ...

Scotland's Renewable Energy Sector In Numbers - an online portal by industry body Scottish Renewables which pulls together figures from a range of sources - shows figures on energy capacity, output, jobs and investment, and emissions which were buried ...

Western Wind Energy Corp., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, announced on Friday, the company has selected Rothschild as its lead financial advisor in their process of selling the company and all of its assets. PI Financial Corp. has also been ...

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Human Habitat

I haven't seen an American kestrel for a while now. During summers, I enjoyed seeing this smallest of our falcons hovering over some meadow, focusing on a small mouse or grasshopper below in the deep grass. This fluttering just above their hidden ...

Many people dismiss Chinese incursions into the West Philippine Sea as merely saber-rattling. The accompanying rhetoric trumpets China's superpower status, emphasizing its Asian dominance and warning other challengers to leave the area to China's ...

It makes for a very internationally flavored film, one that ultimately relies on the language of sight and sound to speak eloquently about art and ecology and how they can be fused into something extraordinary. The film begins in Madrid not long after ...

The Navy is nearing construction of a second explosives handling wharf at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor after receiving a key approval Friday from the state Department of Ecology. Ecology issued a water quality certification, which among other things ...

Water Power

Not a bad few days for the Italian men's water polo team. Led by Valentino Gallo's three goals, Italy upset Serbia 9-7 on Friday to advance to the Olympic final against undefeated Croatia, which beat Montenegro 7-5 in the other semifinal. The 2011 ...

LONDON — Go figure, Maggie Steffens was in the middle of everything as the orchestral music swooned through the Water Polo Center and she and her U.S. teammates locked arms, about to take an inches-high step a good 12 years in the making.

LONDON — American swimmer Fran Crippen had hoped to be at the starting line Friday when the men's 10k open-water marathon got under way in Hyde Park. As a world bronze medalist and a two-time national champion in the event, it seemed likely he ...

The Tunisian won the grueling 10-kilometer race at the London Games on Friday to become the first swimmer to win medals in both the pool and open water at the same Olympics. Having earned bronze in the 1500-meter freestyle last week, Mellouli pulled ...

Painful as they may be, migraines don't hurt your brain, new research shows. There is little reliable information available on the prevalence of migraines in Canada. Some estimates suggest up to 25% of Canadian women and up to 10% of men experience the ...

Using Aspirin on a daily basis is linked to lower cancer mortality, but the association may be smaller than previously thought, a new study has found. US researchers looked at 100139 people who took part in the American Cancer Society's cancer ...

Two local Loblaws stores are bringing in dieticians today to explain to customers the chain's new Guiding Stars nutritional program. From 10 am-2 pm, dietician Jenille Hutchinson will be at the Loblaws at 5970 McLaughlin Rd. while dietician Amanda Li ...

By Darren Weir By Darren Weir. Vancouver - Despite round-the-clock intense treatment by Vancouver Aquarium staff, a sick and injured sea-otter rescued from a Washington State beach, has died. CTV reports the adult male otter was found lying on a beach ...

Saskatchewan's justice minister says legislation designed to protect patient privacy is flawed, and he says the fact the Crown was unable to charge a doctor after private patient files were found in a trash bin demonstrates it.

Two BC fish farms have received orders from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to kill more than 300000 Atlantic salmon after the IHN virus was confirmed at both sites. The BC Salmon Farmers Association said in a release the virus has now been ...

A boil water advisory has been issued after a suspect sample was found at the Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa, which opened just seven weeks ago. FORT ST. JOHN, BC — Health officials in northeastern BC, are taking no chances and have issued a ...

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